•‘When it rains, splash in puddles!’•
Not going to lie, this week has felt like it was been pouring, and although I would love to go and splash around in the puddles, I seem to have lost my wellies’
Someone send an umbrella please ☔️
🎨 Picture by Zee after she found a load of cotton balls (threw them at the dog - who ate one 🤦🏻‍♀️🐶) and we mixed our glitter with a bit of blue (her choice) this picture to me looked like clouds and rain 🌧 #themumpractitioner#painting#whenitrainsitpours#whenitrainssplashinpuddles#mentalhealth#mumlife#tiredmum

This was yesterday, Eli was 2 months old and I was 32 years old! Gorgeous smiles from my baby on my birthday!! Shame he went into total meltdown later on 🤣, that’s mum life for you!! #birthday#mumlife#smiles#gorgeous#somuchlove #🥰

One || of the first things I bought baby girl was this little sweatshirt... Sure that I would be having another boy because my partners family don't often make girls 😂#noregrets because baby girl is going to look amazing in this 🙌
At first after finding out she's a girl I started to go a little crazy with pinks and florals, then remembered I LOVE unisex and earthy tones etc, so hard to start making sure to buy more of these too 😂 Good excuse to shop more am I right!?

So I might not make healthy meals from scratch every single night, get the arts and crafts out every afternoon, or never shout at my kids. But one thing I am bloody AWESOME at? Transferring sleeping babies from car to cot!

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Spring - A lovely reminder of how beautiful change can truly be 🌿

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OMG these were so good! Thank you to @keepitcake and thank you to my hubby who took over my element of the bedtime routine so I could sit there waiting for the 8pm post to get my hands on these! 😂
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I loved all of them! Even the Hazelnut Frappe which I was unsure about. I don’t have a favourite, I love them all including the Belgian Chocolate Hazelnut he baked for hubby’s birthday. MashaAllah an amazing and talented baker! May Allah give barkat in all that you do! Highly recommended! 😋

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First meal out with Barry this year!!!! Thanks kids for all being well so we finally got out together!!!! Highlight was bargain hunting in m&s after 🤣 mash 24p a tub! So I got 7 As I absolutely hate making it! Freezer full #mumlife

Heading to Sydney this morning so I had everything packed last night ready for a 4am start 👍🏼 Made sure I had the iPad & laptop charging. Woke up, got ready, woke the babies up super early 😴 to take me to the airport and completely forgot the iPad and laptop 🙄 I remembered the pen for the iPad though, because that’s so useful right now 🤣

So I altered this blend to 1 drop each of Peppermint + Rosemary & 2 drops Wild Orange and made it up in my hand with a dash of fco. Applied to my temples and back of neck! Here’s to a more focused journey ahead today 😉

Rosemary has been studied and shown to be responsible for changes in memory performance.
Peppermint + Wild Orange increase alertness and promote an energetic and encouraging mood. Just what we all need to keep crushing tasks at hand on a Friday 👊🏼

I LOVE MY BODY...
All its lumps.
All its bumps.
The way it jiggles.
The way it wiggles.
The fact it's grew and birthed both of my babies.
The fact it's done what it has to get me through my life.
I have days I'm not my bodies friend but I get through and and remind myself what it has done !

My family is loving, loud, caring, accepting, inclusive, supportive, funny, hard working, loyal & very loud. “There are only two lasting bequests we can give our children. One of these is roots . . . the other, wings.” Moving away from my family, to move across Europe to follow my heart, my Welshman, was incredibly heartbreaking, but I wouldn’t have done it any other way. It was life with my Rhys, or nothing.
This, however, must have been incredibly hard for my parents. Their first born moving to a foreign country to live with a man they didn’t know. But they didn’t stop me. They gave me my wings. Their love has kept me sane through some unthinkable times. My roots have kept me grounded, even when I thought that everything around me would fall apart. Knowing that I have their love and support, even though they’re so far away from me, gives me this undying confidence that I always have them holding me up; supporting me.
I know parenting is hard & wonderful, at the same time. But we must think long term and bigger picture; our children will one day be men and women. Our children will one day be adults what we do now & how we teach them now, will be a huge part of their lives. Love them, teach them, be their guide and their foundation, so that they can one day fly freely, knowing that they always have you.
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Day two of the #smmw19 conference and I’m laughing the way my son was at 2am when he thought it was play time 😆 bring on some coffee and more learning 🤓 ⁣
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• Trench coat (that lining though 🙌🏼) @anthropologie ⁣
• Shirt @zara ⁣
• Jeans skinny leg high waisted @levis_anz ⁣
• Boots @anthropologie ⁣

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Is there actually anything sweeter than a sleeping baby?! Almost makes you want to wake them up for cuddles— almost. Leon our @myhummyuk bear has been such a help with nap time. Our sleep soothing little friend comes with a Bluetooth app that lets me control the sound from anywhere in the house —perfect for when I’m pottering around, trying to get things done before little man wakes up. #ad

Tonight I had a full on proud mummy melt down.
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Calvin has been giving me all kids of mummy guilt recently. Being the middle one, the different one. Is he getting left out, is he happy... all the daft stuff that goes through your head.
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And my other major thing with him is school. He's a baby. He doesn't turn 5 until August and as the optician put it... "his concentration is lacking" 🙈 so I always worry hes going to fall behind because he's so young both in the year and mentally.
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Today we were invited into school to look at his school books. I could have popped with pride at how much he has progressed and then his teacher told me he is trying so hard and is always desperate to do his best and is basically being amazing. And then she touched me on the shoulder and smiled at me... and THEN it was all over 😂😭 I blubbed like a baby with pure pride.
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Hiya Insta. How are we all? I am just off to work and I don’t think I will be posting in the morning as I will be in peak pre-flight craziness! Getting into the Spanish spirit with my flamenco type style skirt - shame it’s Portugal I am going too.... Have a great evening you lovely lot.
This is my #thursdaystylefiles for the gorgeous @kpadoes40
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Tee - HM (current)
Skirt - Top Shop (last year)
Boots - @vionicshoes.uk (g)